You Don't Know Like I Know - 1966
Hold on I'm Coming - 1966
You Got Me Hummin - 1966
When Something Is Wrong with My Baby - 1967
Soul Man - 1967
I Thank You - 1968
Soul Sister Brown Sugar
Sam and Dave
Double Dynamite Sam and Dave were known as but when they burst upon the soul scene in 1966 they had triple dynamite 45's that set alight the dance floor at Manchester's Twisted Wheel and all the other soul clubs in the UK.They almost stole the show when the Stax /Otis Redding tour appeared at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, Thursday night the 23rd of March in 1967. Almost all the Manchester based Wheel Allnighter goers and the majority of people who went to the Blue Note Club were there on that night.
They certainly were energetic - you can see the rare video footage of their act on the Otis Redding film when they appeared on the UK Stax Tour. It gives an impression of their stage act, which was packed with their superb dancing. This rate of feverish dancing style and arm swinging may have contributed to Dave Prater's early death (1988) due to heroin addiction (and a car crash).
Sam and Dave started out and met up on the Gospel circuit and were heavily influenced by their early work in churches and church halls. The excitement they generated was due in no small part to being able to rouse the congregation to righteous worship.Their career had a resurgence in the eighties due to the influence of The Blues Brothers Movie, Soul Man being one of the best remembered performance by Belushi and Aykroyd, complete with Sam and Dave influenced dance routines.
Sam Moore still performs - a bit slower, more deliberate but still a great soul performer. Sam fell out with Dave and he did'nt speak to him for twelve years, after Dave reputedly shot his own wife in the face (she later recovered.)
Poster Courtesy of Mel Owen Manchester
